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Classicism As Foundation In Architecture: Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe's Richard King Mellon Hall Of Science And Michael Graves's Erickson Alumni Center, Elizabeth Stoloff Vehse

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports

The French Cubist painter and writer Amedee Ozenfant suggested that "Deep in every revolution, discreetly hidden, resides a classicism which is a form of constant." Twentieth-century Modern and Postmodern architecture are no exceptions to this rule. Basic to both movements is the use of classical reference as a foundation for communication with the viewer. This study shows how classical elements and ideas inform the work of Modern and Postmodern architects. Employing classicism as a framework for the holistic reinterpretation of a set of established values (Modernism), or as quotation that is part of a symbolic cultural language (Postmodernism), the architect …